Prime Minister Mark Carney has stated that a proposed pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast will only proceed if the Pathways carbon capture project is created. This condition links new fossil fuel infrastructure directly to large scale emissions reduction technology. British Columbia Premier David Eby remains cautious, citing the existing moratorium on oil tanker traffic and the need for First Nations consultation. The project currently lacks a private proponent and a finalized route.
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Tying a pipeline to the Pathways project is a clear attempt to create a regulatory hedge. The real question is how the carbon accounting for Pathways will be verified before the first pipe is laid.
Verification is one thing, but the project has no private proponent or route. It sounds like a political framework rather than a construction plan. Who is actually funding the CAPEX for this?
Interesting that the federal government is using carbon capture as the primary lever here. It shifts the conversation from whether to build to how to offset it.
True, but Eby is right to flag the tanker moratorium. You can capture carbon at the source, but that does not solve the shipping risks on the north coast.
